Analyses of Multiple-Float-Supported. Platforms in Waves 



Each of the studies is prefaced by a section giving the back- 

 ground of the work done. A Brief summary of the investigations has 

 been given in the Abstract of the paper. 



Nomenclature for the three parts of the paper is, Unavoidable, 

 not completely uniform. The listings of symbols and their meanings, 

 in the Nomenclature section, are separated into three parts, one for 

 each of the studies. 



The original model test program of the systematically-relat- 

 ed float supported platforms was supported by the U.S. Naval Air 

 Systems Command. Further analyses of the original data have been 

 carried out by Davidson Laboratory. 



The work on the theoretical evaluations of hydrodynamic be- 

 havior of two bodies in proximity was sponsored by the National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Agencies Sea Grant Program Office as part 

 of a continuing effort to improve prediction procedures for platform 

 motions. 



The study of large arrays of slender vertical floats was under- 

 taken as a sub-contract to Goodyear Aerospace Corporation on a Pro- 

 ject which is being technically monitored by the Office of Naval Re- 

 search Ocean Technology Branch. 



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